1. The hit television show Lost was directly inspired by what other television show?
gilligans island? that's a best guess, just with the whole stranded with a bunch of crazies thing

2. In the Buster Keaton movie The General, what does the title refer to?
nope, not this one either.

3. In the kitchen, what is a mandoline?
tis a slicer for foodstuffs

4. To whom did Beethoven originally dedicate his Third Symphony?
yeah, no idea

5. Who was Leland Stanford, Jr.?,
uh, STANFORD, duh. :-)

6. What college did Steve Jobs attend?
at first, i thought this was a trick question, because isn't he a college dropout? i'm guessing a school in the northwest,(north of sacramento, west of phoenix) but i have no idea which one.

Oh! Stanford! I get it! Editorial themes: De Plane! De Train! Buster's instrument used in pitching woo! Speculation that Immortal Beloved was someone der Beetster had an affair with! Stanford shot White for diddling the wife (or fiancee)! And STANFORD FOR THE TABLE!

Son of L.S. , who died young, so his parents (like Mom maybe) founded a university in his memory

He dropped out of college (like that other guy whose company keeps stealing the other comapany's ideas...which are taken from yet another company whose principal product is synonymous with copying...so maybe there is some kind of post-modern justice here?) Methinks the first college was Reed, the second college was some effete hoity-toity snob joint at the far end of Mass.Ave in Cambridge.